Subj : Re: Trump admin accuses A
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat May 03 2025 10:06 am

>  MP> I did think it was a good idea.  If the prices are going to go up
nyway,
>  MP> I as a consumer would sure like to know why, whether it is a tariff that
>  MP> causes it, or some silly tax that my state comes up with.  It is good to
>  MP> see things itemized.

> My electric bill reached historic highs during the Biden administration. Same
> thing with car insurance, home insurance, and egg prices. And good thing I
> don't need to buy a car because look at the insane prices on those since
> Bidenflation began.

(1) Cars have been going up for a while now, even/especially used ones,
since long before Biden took office;
(2) Same thing with insurance;
(3) you have mentioned the electric bill before -- IIRC it was high but
actually got higher real recently, like after Trump took office and after
the tariff war with Canada re: electricity supplied to northern tier
states, right?
(4) Biden didn't cause bird flu but, yes, you have me on eggs.

> It got so bad that I couldn't afford to buy anything on Amazon. (I noticed
hi
> when I logged on to Amazon a couple days ago and saw "No purchases in the
ast
> 12 months.")

Amazon is handy for things you cannot find locally but, a lot of times (and
especially if you have a Wal-Mart or other such retailer around) the local
prices are going to be better on the things that are available locally.

> So it annoys me when people start complaining about Trump causing prices to
> rise, because I haven't seen that happen. (Did Trump cause battery operated
> drones to go up in price? How about taxidermied animals?) and I'm still
aitin
> for someone to do something about the prices that rose while Biden was in
> charge.

I have seen some rise and some stay the same.  I have yet to see any fall
despite Trump's promises that they would.  I was just at the grocery this
morning.  One food item that I used to be able to buy for $2.50 to $3.00
100 days ago is now closing on $4.50.  I didn't buy it this time.  Another
had spiked somewhere between 25-30% over the same time frame and I didn't
buy.  That was at Wal-Mart.  I would hate to price the items at Kroger.

The price of cereal was going up under Biden and has continued going up
since Trump took office.  The price of a box has nearly doubled over the
past ~2 years.

Fuel prices were going down late last year, while Biden was still in
office.  They continued going down until at least inauguration day,
possibly a little longer.  They have gone back up some since, but are not
spiking.  Instead of being around $3+ like they were last year, they are
around $2.50-$2.70 now.

So it annoys me when people start claiming that Trump is causing prices to
go down on anything besides eggs, and it also annoys me when Trump gets in
front of a camera and claims that fuel prices are down below $2 when
Gasbuddy can't find any in the continental US that is that price (I have
not checked today).


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